Envoy calls on world to jointly fight terrorism

The global community should work together to promote multilateralism and international cooperation, and enhance the ability to respond to terrorism and extremism as well as to protect human rights, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Thursday.

Chen Xu, head of the Chinese Mission to the United Nations at Geneva, urged the pursuit of a community with a shared future for mankind and called on the global community to actively implement the UN global counterterrorism strategy during an online seminar on counterterrorism, deradicalization, and human rights protection.

"Terrorism and extremism severely undermine international and regional peace and stability, and severely violate all human rights," Chen said, adding that since the beginning of this year, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought new risks and challenges to the global fight against terrorism and radicalization.